233. Travel to Iraq
Munich is one of the most magnificent centers of court culture in southern Germany, with a history of almost 800 years, and even today you can still see a variety of splendid palaces and historical sites around the city, and in modern times, Munich occupies an extremely important place in the history of the world, and Munich is the third largest city after Berlin and Hamburg.
But now when it comes to Munich, the most famous in the world, in addition to the giant team Bayern Munich, it is definitely Munich beer.
If you want to say that Munich is the beer capital of the world, it is estimated that the whole world will not deny this, there is the earliest brewery in the world, the first beer university, the largest beer bar, and the first beer consumption per capita in the world.
In fact, Munich people don't take beer as wine at all, in their opinion, drinking beer is as normal as people from other countries drinking water, Munich streets, you can see large and small beer halls everywhere, but after comparing the other side of the street where tourists come in and out, the largest and most famous HB tavern in Munich and the tavern with few customers in front of him, Su Zhen still walked into this inconspicuous tavern in front of him, which is very different from other Western European countries and the United States for the strict control of underage drinking, Germany seems to be very tolerant of this, and the legal drinking age in Germany is 16 years old, but Su Zhenlu saw a teenager who was obviously only twelve or thirteen years old holding a can of alcoholic beverages in his hands.
When Su Zhen entered the tavern, he found that many of the people sitting here were old men, so when Su Zhen, a young man, entered the tavern, it seemed a little abrupt, especially when Su Zhen was followed by two bodyguards.
"Young man, do it, what do you want?" The owner of the beer tank was also an old man, and when he saw that Su Zhen was in a dilemma, he spoke.
"Let's have a dark beer" Su Zhen sat down in front of the relatively empty bar and said in broken German, during this time in Germany, Su Zhen and Old Maier also learned some spoken German, in Germany. If you know German, it's best not to speak English, although there are many Germans who know English, but because of national feelings, Germans are very reluctant to speak English.
"It's good, a bunch of dark beer," the tavern owner handed the beer to Su Zhen.
The tavern was very quiet, without the noisy atmosphere of an English tavern, and in fact the Germans rarely talked when drinking, and did not raise a toast or pour each other's drinks, only friends with whom they were on good terms. You may clink glasses, but you don't force a toast, most of the time you ask for a glass of wine and savor it slowly, Germans drink more of a mood.
"Tourists?" The boss finished his work and asked Su Zhen.
"Well, sort of" Su Zhen thought about it and said, saying that it was not bad to come to travel.
"Chinese?" The boss nodded and continued to ask.
"Yes," Su Zhen nodded and said.
"You are not the same as the average Chinese." The boss said
"Why do you say that?" Su Zhen was a little curious.
"It's hard to explain, I should say it's a gut feeling, I feel like you're more like an American," the boss said.
"I have indeed been living in the United States all these years," Su Zhen replied with some surprise, "how do you see it?"
"It's hard to explain. If I had to say it, it was probably intuition," the boss said, "and when are you leaving?" ”
"A week later, what's wrong?" Su Zhen asked.
"That's a shame, you came a little early. If you come back in two weeks, you'll have the opportunity to attend our Oktoberfest, which is a rare event" Speaking of Oktoberfest, the old Bavarian man looked a little frowning.
"Wow. That's a pity" Su Zhen sighed regretfully, at that time he estimated that he had already been a companion in the desert and yellow sand in the Middle East, damn it. Why do you want to go to that kind of ghost place, Su Zhen muttered in his heart.
"But I can introduce you to a few good places in Munich, especially for young people like you," the old man smiled mysteriously, and then whispered a few addresses to Su Zhen.
And as soon as Su Zhen heard what the old man said, there was a look of understanding on his face. After a glass of draft beer, I paid the bill and walked out of the tavern, continuing to explore the ancient city until nightfall......
Su Zhen opened his eyes in a daze, the autumn sun had already shone into the castle through the window, making him a little dazzled, and removing the three delicate bodies that were still entangled in his body, Su Zhen walked into the bathroom.
Su Zhen's life in the past few days can be said to be quite absurd, because he has a medieval castle and a handsome and tall appearance, Su Zhen has become the most popular person among the girls in several high-end clubs in Munich during this time, and every night Su Zhen can bring back a few girls who want to enjoy the night view of the castle.
However, today's "happy" days are coming to an end, because in a few hours, Su Zhen will take a plane to Iraq with the upcoming Carrick and others.
After breakfast, Su Zhen boarded the helicopter and went to Ramstein, and the affairs of the girls in the castle will naturally be dealt with by old Meier, in fact, old Meier is completely familiar with this, his former owner is an even more absurd rich man than Su Zhen, but that guy went bankrupt in the economic crisis in 2000.
The plane was authenticated and landed at the Ramstein air base, which is so large that it can be seen from the air, and the total area is almost three times the size of the small town of Ramstein, including the surrounding living quarters.
However, after landing at the airport, before Su Zhen could carefully observe the surrounding situation, a Hummer drove in the distance.
"Hello, Mr. Su, I'm here to pick you up, you can call me Lieutenant Colonel Ramirez" The leading Humvee stopped in front of Su Zhen, and a US lieutenant colonel wearing an Air Force uniform introduced himself to Su Zhen.
Su Zhen nodded, followed Lieutenant Colonel Ramirez to the Humvee, and the three bodyguards including Mark who came with him got into the Humvee behind.
Soon a Humvee drove to the other end of the base, and it could be clearly seen that a huge military transport plane was already parked on the runway in the distance and was ready to take off at any time, Su Zhen knew this guy, the famous C17 Globemaster III. transport aircraft, without too much delay, Su Zhen boarded the plane under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Ramirez.
"Long time no see, Sue" under Lieutenant Colonel Ramirez. Su Zhen, Mark and the others came to a cockpit that did not fight, and saw Carrick and the others, who were already there.
"God knows, what will I listen to you, and run with you to that big desert," Su Zhen complained with a wry smile, and he felt uncomfortable at the thought of the gray and yellow Iraq he saw on TV.
"Okay, don't complain when you're here, how about it, look like you're doing well in Germany," Carrick said with a smile.
"Well, German dark beer and roast elbows are really good," Su Zhen nodded and said, but at the same time, there were those enthusiastic German girls in his mind.
"This big guy is really cool, if only I could buy one and play with it," Su Zhen said, looking around at this world-famous military strategic transport plane. However, he also knew that this was impossible, and this kind of strategic-level thing was not sold to the private sector at all.
"Ha Luha, don't think about this, but if it's a C130, maybe the military will consider it" Carrick shook his head with a smile and said, this is a strategic-level armament, and the things involved in it are too complicated, and they can't be bought by private individuals if they want to" But Ukraine has the meaning of selling its hometown as an An-225, and that thing is much cooler than C17. It's a pity that there is only one and a half planes, and God knows when the half of the plane will be built."
Su Zhen couldn't help but smile, wait for Ukraine to build the second one? I didn't even hear about it when I was reborn in my last life. Ukraine has been trying to repair and build the unfinished half of the aircraft since 01, but because of the chaos of the collapse of the Soviet Union, many related skills have been lost, and they want to restart the project. Pretty much have to start from scratch, that's that easy? However, if Ukraine is willing to sell the completed one, Su Zhen doesn't mind buying it for fun. But it seems that An-124 is also good?
"Hey, Sue, how about a drink?" Just as Su Zhen was YY, Little Eaton of the Cleveland family, who was sipping whiskey on the other side, shouted to Su Zhen.
"OK, here we are" Su Zhen smiled at the other party, and then walked over with Carrick.
The distance of more than 3,000 kilometers is not very far for the C17, so four hours later, the C17 landed steadily at the US military base near Baghdad.
After getting off the plane, Su Zhen saw clearly what the C17 was transporting, looking at the three Apache gunships that were unloaded from the plane, Su Zhen couldn't help but be amazed in his heart, although the C17 is not the largest transport aircraft, but its carrying capacity is not at all comparable to those civil aircraft, and his 747 is simply weak compared to this.
"Okay, don't look at it, General Ricardo is already waiting for us, when we're done with business, we have time to watch" Carrick patted Su Zhen on the shoulder and said, but he didn't express surprise at Su Zhen's performance, as long as it was a man, he would definitely not be able to move when he saw these things for the first time, although this thing was not a battle, but in some ways, it was much more attractive than a fighter jet.
Su Zhen looked back and found that everyone had already gotten into the Humvee to greet him, leaving Su Zhen and Carrick, so he nodded and followed Carrick into a Humvee.
The air base and the general headquarters of the US military in Iraq are not together, but on the other side of Baghdad, so a convoy of dozens of vehicles set off in the yellow sand, in addition to the Humvee that Su Zhen and others were riding, there are also several tanks and armored vehicles, and more than a dozen trucks full of military supplies, such a team is definitely super hard to bite, so there is no need to worry about being attacked, after all, those Iraqi resistance groups are not fools, they generally only attack small patrols of the US army.
It didn't take long for Su Zhen to see a huge complex of buildings in the distance.
"Look, Sue, that's the Victory Battalion," Carrick said to Su Zhen, pointing to the complex.
The Victory Battalion is the largest military base of the US military stationed in Iraq in the suburbs of Baghdad, and it is also the general headquarters of the US military stationed in Iraq, where nearly 40,000 people are stationed in the US First Cavalry Division and the Third Mechanized Infantry Division, especially the First Cavalry Division, which is one of the ace units of the United States, but although it is called a cavalry division, it is a real armored unit.
The Victory Camp was built from a palace complex of Saddam Hussein, which was originally here, so it was very large, but for Su Zhen, the buildings were not at all as attractive as the sight in front of him.
What attracted Su Zhen so much? Look at it, anyone who sees the endless variety of military vehicles neatly parked on the flat land, the shock is unimaginable, Su Zhen looked at the various tanks and armored vehicles in front of him, that is called a greed, especially the dozens of M1A2 main battle tanks that are neatly parked, it makes Su Zhen unable to take his eyes off, and from time to time there is an Apache figure in the sky, cool is a word.
After entering the base, several Humvees of Su Zhen and others separated from the armored convoy, and the Humvee swayed through the neat tents, and finally stopped in front of a building.
There are no tasks around the US soldiers who are resting, and some curiously look at the group of people who are out of step with the base in the Humvee truck, probably people from the government, these US soldiers guessed that for the people in the government, these GIs don't have much good feelings, not those politicians, and they won't suffer in this damn desert, this is what almost all the GIs think. (To be continued......)